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PRINTING REGISTER FOR WEIGHING SCALES.

No. 595,589 Patented Deo. 14,1897.

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WILLIS H. SARGENT, OF ST. JOHNSBURY, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR TO THE E. do T. FAIRBANKS & COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PRINTING-REGISTER FOR WElGHlNG-SCALES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,583, dated December 14, 1897.

Application fil d March 12, 1897. Serial No. 627,177. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIS H. SARGENT, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Johnsbury, in the county of Caledonia, State of Vermont,-have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printing-Registers for \Veighing-Scales, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to improvements in registering-poises for scale-beams, and particularly to that described in the application of Henry Fairbanks, Serial No. 593,625, filed May 29, 1896.

The objects of the invention are to provide ticket-printing type-wheels in lieu of type on the bottoms of the scale-beam and poiseslides; to provide a simple operating-gearing for said type-Wheels, and to provide an improved platen and inking mechanism for use in connection with said type-wheels.

The invention will first be described, and

- then pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings forming part hereof, Figure 1 is a side View, partly broken away, of a portion of the scale-beam provided with the sliding poise to show the poise-slides and gearing. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section through the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the platen in its printing position. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section through the sliding poise, showing in plan the gearing and type-wheels. Fig. 5 shows one of the printed tickets. Fig. 6 is a View similar to Fig. 1, but showing a modification of the gearing for operating the type- Wheels and a modified inking mechanism. Fig. '7 is a transverse vertical section of Fig. 6.

Q is the scale-beam, having a graduated front side provided with a longitudinal rabbet or recess (1 and on its upper edge provided with a series of notches T. The heavy poise P is provided with rollers c c, which travel on the upper edge of the beam Q, and said poise is held accurately in place by means of the latch cl, which engages the proper notch T of the beam.

R is a poise-slide carried by the poise P and the beam, and S is a similar poise-slide arranged to work in a rabbet or recess in the poise-slide E. This construction causes the beam and poise-slides to nest and take up but little room. The poise-slides R S are held in their adjusted positions by the spring-catches s s engaging their notched edges.

The above mechanism is substantially like that of the Fairbanks application before referred to, and the graduations of the beam and poise-slides are identical therewith and need not be described here.

The lower edges of the beam Q and poiseslides R S instead of being provided with printing-numerals are now provided, respectively, with racks Y, Y, and Y.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 4:, A B C are three gear-wheels fast upon a shaft D, mounted in the poise P below the beam and poise-slides, and F is a shaft also journaled in the poise parallel with shaft D and provided with an operating finger-piece O. The gear-wheel B meshes with the rack Y on the scale-beam Q (see Fig. 2) and is so calculated or proportioned as to revolve ten times in the run or length of the marking on the beam. The small pinion or wheel A engages a large gearwheel E, loose on shaft F, and in the ratio of ten to one, so that the large wheel E makes one revolution in the run of the poise. Connected to this wheel E by means of a sleeve 6, so as to turn therewith, is a type-wheel G, bearing the figures 0 to 9. The gear 0 meshes with a gear H, also loose on shaft F, the gears C H having the same number of teeth and revolving the same number of times (ten) in the run of the poise. The type-wheel I is fastened to the gear-wheel H and revolves with it on shaft F, making ten revolutions to one of the type-wheel G.

J is a pinion fast on shaft F and meshing with poise-slide R, and K is a type-wheel connected with pinion J, so that by turning the shaft F by means of its thumb-piece 0 the pinion J will revolve and move the poiseslide R.

L is a pinion loose on the shaft F and provided with a thumb-piece N, connected to it by a sleeve 91. The pinion L meshes with the lighter poise-slide S and carries or is rigidly connected to a type-wheel M.

It is evident that when the poise P is moved along the beam Q the rack Y will rotate shaft D and its gears A C will through gears E H cause the type-wheels G I to rotate and bring the proper type into printing position. So, also, when the thumb-pieces N 0 are operated the poise-slides R S will be operated (just as in the Fairbanks application before referred to) and the type-wheels K M will be turned into proper printing position. lVhen the type of the several type-wheels are thus brought into printing position, they will lie at the lower side of the type-wheels and above the transverse ticket-opening lV so that the ticket may be forced up against them in any suitable manner.

In the presentinstance, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the printing is accomplished by the transversely and vertically movable platen XV, which slides in and out through the opening V and when slid within the poise is raised toward the type-wheels. The lower edge of the poise is formed with a depending fixed handle V, opposite which is placed the pivoted handle V, pressed away from handle V by a suitable spring and connected at its upper forked end to the inner end of the platen W.

The inner end of the platen Wis provided with a suitable inking-rollerX, the trunnions of which enter the forked upper end of handle V and form the means of connecting the same to the platen.

The handle V is provided at about its middle with a hug Z, which in its upward movement bears against the lower end of a springdepressed rod U and moves the same upwardly. Thus when a ticket is placed on the platen TV when in the position shown in Fig. 2 and the handles are pressed together the roller X and platen \V will move inwardly,and when the roller reaches the position shown in Fig. 3that is to say, when it passes beyond the innermosttype-wheel Gthe lug Z will have raised the platen WV and forced the ticket against the type-wheels. (See Fig. 3.) On releasing the handles the ticket is thrown out printed, as shown in Fig. 5.

It will be readily understood that the number of type-wheels is not restricted to four, but that more may be used by additional gearing; but when less than four type-Wheels are used the gears A B C may be omitted and the gear E made to mesh with the rack Y on the beam.

Referring now to Figs. 6 and 7, the capacity of the beam is expressed by four figures. In these figures the large gear-wheel E mesh es directly with the rack Y on the beam Q. This is practicable until the size of a gear-wheel to make one revolution in the length of the beam becomes so large as to be inconvenient.

The large gear-wheel E has connected to it the type-wheel G, and both turnloose on shaft F, as in Figs. 1 and 2. The gear J and its type-wheel K are fixed to the shaft F to turn with it, and this gear J meshes with the rack Y of the poise-slide R, and the gear L and its type-wheel M turn together loose on shaft F for operation by thumb-piece N, and this gear L meshes with the poiseslide S. The operation of these parts is the same as in Figs. 1 to 4, but the printing and inking devices are different.

W is a vertically-movable platen in the lower part of the poise and connected at its lower end to the lower movable handle V which is pressed away from the upper fixed handle V by a suitable spring. These haudles extend horizontallyinstead of vertically, as in Fig. 2. The platen is held to its vertical movement by a link V", so that a ticket inserted through opening XV will be pressed up evenly against the type-wheels.

The ink is applied to the type-wheels as they are rotated by means of two inking-rollers Z Z mounted on swinging arms Z Z", pivoted in openings in the poise and held therein by coiled springs, so as to press the rollers against the type-wheels. The arms Z Z are provided with fin ger-pieces, by means of which the arms may be swung out to expose the inking-rolls, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 6, so that fresh ink may be applied.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a scale-beam, of a poise mounted thereon and provided with a poise-slide parallel with the beam, a shaft journaled in the poise and having a series of type-wheels and gears thereon, and a second shaft provided with gear-wheels, one of which is geared to the beam and the other meshing with the type-wheels, the gear on the typewheel shaft meshing with the poise-slide; substantially as described.

2. The combination with the scale-beam having a rack, of a poise movable along the beam and provided with parallel poise-slides each having a rack, a shaft D provided with gears A, B, C, the gear B being in mesh with the beam-rack, the shaft F having a large gear E loose thereon, meshing with the gear A and carrying a type-wheel, a second loose gear H meshing with the gear 0 and also carrying a type-wheel, a fixed gear on the shaft F meshing with the heavier poise-slide andprovided with a type-wheel, a loose gear on the shaft F meshing with the lighter poiseslide and having a type-wheel, and means for operating the parts; substantially as described.

The combination with the scale-beam having a rack on its lower edge, of a poise sliding on the beam and provided with a poise-slide parallel with the beam and having arack, independent type-wheels geared to the said two racks, means for operating the poiseslide gear and type-wheel from the exterior of the poise, an inking-roll engaging the typewheels and a platen mechanism for moving the ticket against the type-wheels, substantially as described.

t. The combination with the scale-beam havinga rack thereon, of a poise sliding on the beam and provided with independently-adjustable slides each having a rack, independent type-wheels geared to said racks, the poise-slide gears and type-wheels having independent thumb-pieces exterior to the poise, and means for forcing the tickets toward the type-wheels, substantially as described.

' 5. The combination with the scale-beam having a rack, of a poise movable along the beam and provided with parallel poise-slides each having a rack, a shaft D provided with gears A, B, C, the gear B being in mesh with the beam-rack, the shaft F having large gear provided with slides and the type-wheels geared to said beam and slides, of ahorizontally-sliding and vertically-movable platen mounted in the poise below the type-wheels, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with the beam having a rack, of apoise having parallel poise-slides provided with racks, type-wheels geared to the beam and slide-racks respectively, a horizontallymovable platen under the typewheels, handles therebelow, one of which is pivoted and connected at its upper end to the inner end of the platen, said pivoted handle also having a lug between its ends, a Vertically-movable rod engaged at its lower end by said lug, and an inking-roll at the inner end of the platen; all combined substantially as herein described and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I' affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIS H. SARGENT.

lVitnesses:

LUKE G. SPENCER, FRANK O. FRENCH. 

